Samuel views society as a system of interrelated parts, while john views society as composed of groups competing for scarce resources. samuel would be considered a theorist, and john would be seen as a .

Based on the above described theories Samuel would be considered as a functionalist theorist and john would be considered as a conflict theorist. Conflict theory deals with differences, inequalities and competition of resources where as functionalist theory deals with the oneness of society and working together.

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